Here is an in-depth exploration of Robert Forster's debut solo album, Danger in the Past (1990).
Dublin, Ireland. That World Cup summer of 1990. A 21-year-old poet listens entranced when his friend puts on an LP, The Go-Betweens: 1978–1990. As the city outside goes football crazy, the poet discovers his new favorite band, and learns that he'll never see them live: they have recently split up. Meanwhile in Berlin, Robert Forster has just celebrated his 33rd birthday in the midst of recording his solo album Danger in the Past at Hansa Studios with members of the Bad Seeds. An instant classic, the record restates Forster's credentials as a great singer-songwriter. For all that he remains a cult figure, the artist knows how good he is and hopes that the record-buying public will one day know it too.
This book introduces an enduring album to new listeners while offering the ultimate companion to fans who regard Danger in the Past as a true 'rock'n'roll friend.'
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Well researched, beautifully sentimental, and appropriately reverential, Chapmans book brings out the essence of Danger in the Past like no one but its author possibly could. * Under the Radar *
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An in-depth exploration of Robert Forster's debut solo album, Danger in the Past, with parallel reflections on the artist's life in Berlin and the author's life in Dublin in 1990.
Acknowledgements
Album Credits
Preface
Part 1: The Past
1. The Go-Betweens 19781990
2. The Sound of Young Brisbane
3. Love Is a Sign
4. Intermission
Part 2: Another Country
5. A Ballroom in Berlin
6. Hansa Memories
7. The Songs
Part 3: Doing Things Differently
8. The Anchor
9. Freakchild Variations
10. Mythologies
11. Needle Drops
12. Portraits of the Artist
13. A Classic?
Discography
Bibliography
Notes
Index
Patrick Chapman has authored 16 books since 1991. His tenth poetry collection The Following Year (2024) was shortlisted for the 2025 Farmgate Café National Poetry Award. Other writing includes audio dramas for Doctor Who (Big Finish) and Dan Dare (BBC Radio 4Xtra), a short film and television for children. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.
